1. NYTimes.com, May 21, 2002.
2. Wikiquote.org, January 1, 2012.
3. Clinton Mollett, Eastsideboxing.com, January 1, 2012.
4. Michelle, Dolores, and Grace Rattley, interview with the author, August 11, 1988.
5. The Oprah Winfrey Show, October 12, 2009.
6. Clinton Mollett, Eastsideboxing.com, January 1, 2012.
7. Bill Heller, Capital Region Magazine, February 1986, 42.
8. Wikiquote.org, January 1, 2012.
9. Ibid.
10. Clinton Mollett, Eastsideboxing.com, January 1, 2012.
11. Peter Heller, Bad Intentions: The Mike Tyson Story (New York: New American Library, 1989), 14.
12. Ibid.
13. Bill Heller, Capital Region Magazine, February 1986, 42.
14. Peter Heller, Bad Intentions, 15.
15. Bill Heller, Capital Region Magazine, February 1986, 42.
16. Ibid.
17. Catskill Daily Mail, 1980.
18. William Plummer, People Weekly, July 15, 1985, 78.
19. Ibid.
1. William Plummer, People Weekly, 80.
2. Ibid.
3. Cus D’Amato tape, Sept. 13, 1985.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Roger Sala, interview with the author, September 1985.
7. Ibid.
8. Cus D’Amato tape, Sept. 13, 1985.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Peter Heller, In This Corner (London: Robson Books, 1973), 417.
1. Teddy Atlas and Peter Alson, Atlas (New York: HarperCollins, 2006), 70.
2. Michael Marton, Watch Me Now, TV documentary, 1983.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Cus D’Amato tape, 1985.
6. Ibid.
7. Watch Me Now, 1983.
8. Ibid.
9. Cus D’Amato tape, 1985.
10. Ibid.
11. John Chetti, interview with the author, August 1986.
12. Cus D’Amato tape, 1985.
13. Atlas and Alson, 81.
14. Cus D’Amato tape, 1985.
15. Dick Stickles, interview with the author, August 1986.
16. Catskill Daily Mail, May 19, 1981.
17. Watch Me Now, 1983.
18. Catskill Daily Mail, May 1981.
19. Watch Me Now, 1983.
20. Catskill Daily Mail, March 6, 1985.
21. John Chetti, interview with the author, August 1986.
22. Catskill Daily Mail, May 1981.
1. Watch Me Now, 1983.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. John Chetti, interview with the author, August 1986.
8. Catskill Daily Mail, May 1982.
9. Catskill Daily Mail, August 1982.
10. Ibid.
11. Watch Me Now, 1983.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Catskill Daily Mail, June 27, 1982.
16. Watch Me Now, 1983.
17. Ibid.
18. John Chetti, interview with the author.
19. Catskill Daily Mail, November 22, 1982.
20. Ibid.
21. Catskill Daily Mail, November 25, 1982.
22. Catskill Daily Mail, November 1982.
23. Atlas and Alson, 104.
24. Catskill Daily Mail, December 10, 1982.
1. Watch Me Now, 1983.
2. Ibid.
3. Catskill Daily Mail, February 14, 1983.
4. Catskill Daily Mail, February 16, 1983.
5. Catskill Daily Mail, March 26, 1983.
6. Mike Murphy, interview with the author, 1986.
7. Jim Murphy, interview with the author, 1986.
8. Bill Heller, Capital Region, February 1986, 43.
9. Catskill Daily Mail, May 23, 1983.
10. Jack Dempsey with Barbara Piatelli Dempsey, Dempsey (New York: Harper & Row, 1977), 204.
11. Catskill Daily Mail, August 14, 1983.
12. Catskill Daily Mail, August 19, 1983.
13. Catskill Daily Mail, August 22, 1983.
14. Catskill Daily Mail, September 15, 1983
15. Catskill Daily Mail, September 20, 1983.
16. Catskill Daily Mail, October 22, 1983.
17. Catskill Daily Mail, November 8, 1983.
18. Catskill Daily Mail, November 9, 1983.
19. William Plummer, People Weekly, July 15, 1985, 78.
20. Cus D’Amato tape, 1985.
1. Michael Marley, Boxing Scene, 51–54.
2. Watch Me Now, 1983.
3. Catskill Daily Mail, February 16, 1984.
4. Watch Me Now, 1983.
5. Catskill Daily Mail, April 4, 1984.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Catskill Daily Mail, May 29, 1984
9. Catskill Daily Mail, June 1984.
10. Catskill Daily Mail, July 6, 1984.
11. Catskill Daily Mail, August 18, 1984.
12. Catskill Daily Mail, August 27, 1984.
13. Catskill Daily Mail, October 2, 1984.
14. Catskill Daily Mail, October 12, 1984.
15. Catskill Daily Mail, October 1984.
16. Catskill Daily Mail, November 29, 1984.
17. Catskill Daily Mail, December 4, 1984.
18. Catskill Daily Mail, December 28, 1984.
1. Boxing Scene, December 1986, 51–54.
2. John Turek, interview with the author, August 1986.
3. Catskill Daily Mail, February 19, 1985.
4. Catskill Daily Mail, February 28, 1985.
5. Eric Bottjer, The Ring Extra, 1996, 6.
6. People Weekly, July 15, 1985, 77.
7. Catskill Daily Mail, March 7, 1985.
8. Cus D’Amato tape, September 13, 1985.
9. Author on site, May 23, 1985.
10. John Chetti, interview with the author, August 1986.
11. People Weekly, July 15, 1985, 78.
12. Catskill Daily Mail, May 26, 1985.
13. Catskill Daily Mail, June 22, 1985.
14. Catskill Daily Mail, July 12, 1985.
15. HBO, July 12, 1985.
16. Catskill Daily Mail, July 16, 1985.
17. The Greene County News, July 1985.
18. Cus D’Amato tape, September 13, 1985.
19. Paul Post, Catskill Daily Mail, October 10, 1985.
20. Sports Illustrated, January 6, 1986.
21. Catskill Daily Mail, November 2, 1985.
22. Catskill Daily Mail, November 5, 1985.
23. The Greene County News, November 14, 1985, 6A.
24. Sports Illustrated, January 6, 1986.
25. Paul Post, Catskill Daily Mail, November 1985.
26. Catskill Daily Mail, November 23, 1985.
27. KO, 1986.
28. Sports Illustrated, January 6, 1986.
29. Bryant Gumbel, Today Show, NBC, December 1985.
30. Jeff Ryan, KO, July 1986, 39.
1. Author on site, January 11, 1986.
2. Roy Johnson, Penthouse, December 1986, 204.
3. Catskill Daily Mail, January 27, 1986.
4. Jeff Ryan, World Boxing, December 1986.
5. Author on site, February 16, 1986.
6. ABC Sports, Febrary 16, 1986
7. Bill White, meeting with the author, April 2, 1987.
8. Paul Post, Catskill Daily Mail, March 11, 1986.
9. Jay Kimiecik, Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y., May 8, 1986.
10. Robert Smith, Catskill Daily Mail, May 3, 1986.
11. HBO, May 19, 1986.
12. HBO, May 20, 1986.
13. Mike Tyson, the Inside Story, 1995.
14. Robert Smith, Catskill Daily Mail, June 4, 1986.
15. The Ring, September 1986.
16. Robert Smith, Catskill Daily Mail, June 16, 1986.
17. WNYT, CH-13 News, Albany, N.Y., June 28, 1986.
18. UPI, June 28, 1986.
1. Robert Smith, Catskill Daily Mail, July 23, 1986.
2. Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y., July 25, 1986.
3. Tim Layden, Albany Times Union, July 26, 1986.
4. Terry Egan, Middletown Sunday Record, July 27, 1986.
5. Gene Levy, Sunday Times Union, Albany, N.Y. July 27, 1986.
6. Terry Egan, Sunday Record Sports, Middletown, N. Y. July 27, 1986.
7. Gene Levy, Albany Times Union, August 17, 1986.
8. Peter Richmond, Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y., August 18, 1986.
9. Tim Wilkins, Albany Times Union, September 4, 1986.
10. HBO, September 4, 1986.
11. HBO, September 6, 1986.
12. Bill Lyon, Albany Times Union, September 9, 1986.
13. UPI, September 8, 1986.
14. Ken Cohen, Middletown Record, September 1986.
15. AP, September 18, 1986.
16. Robert C. Smith, Catskill Daily Mail, October 1, 1986.
17. Albany Times Union, October 1986.
18. Bill White, Catskill Daily Mail, October 17, 1986.
19. The Joan Rivers Show, Los Angeles, November 5, 1986.
20. Catskill Daily Mail, November 8, 1986.
21. Raymond Pignone, Catskill Daily Mail, November 18, 1986.
22. UPI, November 19, 1986.
23. Bill White III, Catskill Daily Mail, November 24, 1986.
24. HBO, November 22, 1986.
25. Ibid.
1. HBO, January 1987.
2. William H. White III, Catskill Daily Mail, February 3, 1987.
3. Ibid.
4. HBO, February 1987.
5. William H. White III, Catskill Daily Mail, February 6, 1987.
6. Catskill Daily Mail, March 5, 1987.
7. Catskill Daily Mail, March 9, 1987.
8. Ibid.
9. Catskill Daily Mail, March 12, 1987.
10. Paul Antonelli, Catskill Daily Mail, May 29, 1987.
11. Ibid.
12. Ed Schuyler, AP, June 1, 1987.
13. Paul Antonelli, Catskill Daily Mail, June 1, 1987.
14. Catskill Daily Mail, June 16, 1987.
15. UPI, June 1, 1987.
16. UPI, July 1987.
17. WNYT, CH-13, Albany, N.Y.
18. William H. White III, Catskill Daily Mail, July 10, 1987.
19. Ibid.
20. Tim Dahlberg, AP, July 1987.
21. UPI, July 31, 1987.
22. Ron Borges, Boston Globe, August 3, 1987.
23. UPI, August 1, 1987.
24. UPI, Ibid.
25. William H. White III, Catskill Daily Mail, July 10, 1987.
26. William H. White III, Catskill Daily Mail, September 15, 1987.
27. William H. White III, Catskill Daily Mail, October 9, 1987.
28. Catskill Daily Mail, October 5, 1987.
29. Catskill Daily Mail, October 16, 1987.
30. HBO, October 16, 1987.
1. UPI, October 19, 1987.
2. Ibid.
3. Brown on Boxing (Knob Noster, MO: Crown Books, 1987).
4. Paul Antonelli and William White III, Catskill Daily Mail, December 2, 1987.
5. HBO, January 22, 1988.
6. Paul Antonelli, Catskill Daily Mail, December 16, 1987.
7. HBO, January 22, 1988.
8. Ibid.
9. Paul Antonelli, Catskill Daily Mail, January 25, 1988.
10. Ibid.
11. Catskill Daily Mail, February 9, 1988.
12. HBO, February 18, 1988.
13. Paul Antonelli, Catskill Daily Mail, March 21, 1988.
14. Tim Layden, Albany Times Union, March 24, 1988.
15. HBO, May 12, 1988.
16. Paul Antonelli, Catskill Daily Mail, March 31, 1988.
17. Author on site, January 27, 1988.